Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100
यश्चैतां विमलादित्यकथां वै शृणुयान्नरः । प्राप्नोति निर्मलां शुद्धिं त्यज्यते च मनोमलैः
yaścaitāṃ vimalādityakathāṃ vai śṛṇuyānnaraḥ | prāpnoti nirmalāṃ śuddhiṃ tyajyate ca manomalaiḥ
जो मनुष्य विमलादित्याची ही पवित्र कथा ऐकतो, तो निष्कलंक शुद्धी प्राप्त करतो आणि मनोमलांचा त्याग होतो.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Vimalāditya-kathā (māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devotee audience/pilgrims
Scene: A small assembly in Kāśī listens to a reciter narrating Vimalāditya’s story; listeners’ faces soften, with a visual motif of dark smoke-like ‘mano-mala’ dissipating into light.
FAQs
Hearing (śravaṇa) of tīrtha and deity-mahātmya is itself a purifying dharmic practice that cleanses inner defilements.
Vimalāditya’s sacred presence in Kāśī is implied through the kathā (glorifying narrative).
Śravaṇa—listening to the Vimalāditya-kathā—is presented as the recommended practice.